Griffin reno



(No Model.)

G. RENO.

TRUSS. No. 369,471. Patented Sept. 6, 1887.

W wai 1 M llvilcwaww (9 wuamtoz UNITED STATES PATENT FLTJIQEO GRIFFINRENO, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO ALEXANDER"WOOD NARD, OF SAME PLACE.

TRUSS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 369,471, datedSeptember 6, 1887 Application filed March 22, 1857. Serial No. 231,925).(No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern: The pericardium covering to the soft Be itknown that I, GRIFFIN RENO, of Kanrubber pad is used, also, in order toprevent sas City, in the county of Jackson and State the rubber fromdecomposing by coming in of Missouri, have invented Improvements incontact with the excretions of the body, also 55 Trusses, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, the medicines used as a local application toand exact description. and for the radical cure of hernia in conjunc-The object of my invention is to provide a tion with the truss, and alsoto preserve clean truss for the radical cure of hernia, one which linessand present a clean and agreeable surwill be more soft and cleanly andcomfortable face to the wearer. 60 [O to the wearer than thoseheretofore employed; The pad is attached to the body band or and theobject is accomplished by the conbelt by means of a plate or bar, F, thebent struction more fullydescribed hereinafter, end of which is providedwith a fork formed and pointed out in the claims. by. the prongs N.These prongs pass astride In the accompanying drawings, which illusthestud E, and the plate F is securely held 65 i trate the manner ofcarrying out the invenupon the end of the stud by means of settion,Figure 1 represents a vertical cross-secscrew I, which, when screwed up,draws the tion of the truss-pad, and Fig. 2 atop view. the forked endsagainst the under side of the The semibody portion of the pad A isflange L and forms a rigid connection. By made preferably of some lightwood and subthis arrangement the bar can be raised and 0 2o stantiallysemielliptical in cross-section, and lowered upon the end of the plate]?to admit of it has a convex or curved surface, as shown. the properadjustment of the pad to the rup- The wood orsonie hard non-yieldingsubstance tu red parts.

is used for the purpose of and as a mold or A coil or spiral spring, J,having a straight an attachment to the soft-rubber pad M; also, portionat each end, is interposed between the 7 when in use, to preserve afixed and uniform forked end of the bar F and plate G, and presize andshape for said rubber pad. The hard vents too much rotary motion of thepad when pad is'also used for the purpose of hOlding adjusted to thebody by having one of said firmly, when properly adjusted, thesoft-rubends enter an aperture made for the purpose ber pad to and uponthe upper border of the in the base-plate G, and the other being 80 ohernial ring, in conjunction with the spiral cated between the forks ofsaid bar. This spring J, stud E, plate or bar F, setscrew I, plate G issecured to the body portion A of plate G, and pericardium O. the pad,and is provided with a central aper- The soft-rubber pad M is convex onits exture or perforation, f, through which the stud ternal surface, andits internal surface is con- Epasses. This perforationismade of agreaterS cave and made to fit closely and exactly the diameter than that of thestud, in order to alconvex surface of the hard pad. low said stud freeplay therein.

The soft-rubber pad has its greatest thick- The end of the stud extendsthrough this ness at its apex, and gradually becomes thinperforationinto the chamber H, which chamner as it approaches its outer border oredge, her is situated beneath the plate 0, and the 0 thereby yieldingits greatest proportionate nut t prevents the stud from pulling out.

elasticity where pressure is greatest upon its It will be observed thatthe studE is not seapex, as shown. cured to the spring, but is free andindepend- The softrubber pad M is to be properly adent thereof, whichallows the pad a universal justcd to the hard pad A, and held firmly inmovement, and to adapt itself to the various 9 5 5 proper positionthrough the use of the peripositions assumed by the wearer, therebycardium O as a covering, and is drawn firmly maintaining a uniformpressure upon and over the convex surface of the rubber pad, above thehernial ring.

and its edges are secured on the outer surface Having thus described myinvention, what of the hard pad A. The pericardium thus I claim issecurely holds the soft-rubber pad M adjusted 1. In atruss, apadconnected with the bodyto the hard pad, as shown. band by means of aforked bar or plate, F, a

stud, E, loosely connected to a plate, 0, and a chamber, asupporting-plate, F, having a coil-spring, J, having a straight portionat forked end the prongs of which pass astride each end, one endentering an aperture in of said stud, aset-screw, I, and spring J, all 1plate 0 and the other being located between arranged and adapted tooperate substan- 5 the forks of plate or bar F, substantially as tiallyas described.

described. In testimony whereof I alfix my signature in 2. Thecombination of a soft-rubber pad presence of two witnesses. having ahard supporting-base provided with 4 a chamber, H, a perforated plate,C, over said GRIFFIN REE in chamber, a stud loosely secured to saidplate, W'itnesses:

said stud having one end passing through the THOMAS A. HARRIS,perforation -therein and operating within said JOHN T. HAY.

